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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gravesham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,300 approved · 1,436 refused · 205 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 1983 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The White House Foxendown Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0BP
Received 23 Dec 2022Stable Cottage Meopham Court Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AA
Received 28 Dec 2022Orchard House Springhead Enterprise Park Northfleet Gravesend Kent
Received 28 Dec 2022White Horse Farm Equestrian Centre White Horse Lane Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0UE
Received 28 Dec 2022Haydown Buckland Road Luddesdown Gravesend Kent DA13 0XF
Received 30 Dec 202210 Brenchley Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 7RQ
Received 3 Jan 2023Santona Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA11 7NU
Received 3 Jan 20235 Lawrence Drive Cobham Gravesend Kent DA12 3BU
Received 3 Jan 202314 Sun Lane Gravesend Kent DA12 5HG
Received 3 Jan 2023Higham Grange Hermitage Road Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7NE
Received 4 Jan 2023Gravesend Grammar School For Boys Church Walk Gravesend Kent DA12 2PR
Received 19 Dec 202221 Cheshunt Close Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0HU
Received 4 Jan 2023Edinburgh Castle 6 High Street Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 9HB
Received 4 Jan 20232F The Avenue Gravesend Kent DA11 0NA
Received 4 Jan 202348 Chiffinch Gardens Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 8SL
Received 5 Jan 2023Tangle Trees Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0QA
Received 5 Jan 202388 Lanes Avenue Northfleet Gravesend Kent DA11 7HS
Received 6 Jan 202350 Wrotham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0QF
Received 6 Jan 202311 - 13 Queen Street Gravesend Kent DA12 2EQ
Received 9 Jan 20235 Lesley Close Istead Rise Gravesend Kent DA13 9JS
Received 9 Jan 2023Secondary School Meopham School Wrotham Road Meopham Gravesend Kent DA13 0AH
Received 9 Jan 2023Warren Farm Swillers Lane Shorne Gravesend Kent DA12 3ED
Received 10 Jan 2023Copperfield House Chequers Court Higham Rochester Kent
Received 10 Jan 2023139 And 140 Parrock Street Gravesend Kent DA12 1EZ
Received 10 Jan 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Gravesham Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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